παρα-κύπτω,
poetry παρκύπτω,
stoop sideways, of the attitude of a bad harp-player, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
lean over a railing, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
stoop for the purpose of looking, and so,
II.1)
look sideways at,
cast a careless glance on a thing, παρακύψαντ᾽ ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς πόλεως πόλεμον [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2)
peep out of a door or window, ἐκ θυρίδος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of girls
peeping after a lover, [
LXX+3rd c.BC+]; π. τὸν ἐραστὴν ἰδεῖν so as to see him, [
Refs 1st c.AD+] a hope of safety
peeped out, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀδόντων παρακυψάντων, of the first teeth, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: followed by an
interrogative clause,
peep out and see, π. τίς ἄνεμος πνεῖ [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
passive, θυρίδες παρακυπτόμεναι probably
out of which people look, [
LXX]
II.3) of persons outside a place,
peep in, look in, εἰς οἰκίαν[
LXX+NT]; παρακύψας βλέπει[
NT+2nd c.AD+]; of a thing,
appear in, ἐς ἀρχόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4)
meddle with, πράγματι [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]